Germany's Minimum Wage Controversy

Germany's Minimum Wage Controversy: Will the EU Directive Be ...

The German minimum wage regime is characterised by the fact that the development of the statutory minimum wage is determined not by the state ...

Minimum wage in Germany: The current debate – IWH Halle

The minimum wage in Germany is currently 12.41 euros gross per hour. With only a few exceptions, such as minors without a vocational ...

Debating the increase in minimum wage

In Germany, minimum wage is a key issue that is the subject of intense political and public debate. Just in the last few days, ...

Germany: Labor minister calls for higher minimum wage - DW

Hubertus Heil says he wants to raise the federal minimum wage to €15. Trade unions have welcomed his comments, but there was dissent within Germany's governing ...

The effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany

The evidence shows that the minimum wage has increased hourly wages significantly, while the effect on monthly salaries has been far less substantial.

German minimum wage drove workers to more productive firms

“Contrary to concerns that characterised the debate in the run up of Germany's introduction of a nationwide minimum wage, we do not find that it ...

Minimum wage in Germany - Wikipedia

Germany's minimum wage is €12.41 per hour, pre-tax since 1 January 2024. The legislation (German: Gesetz zur Regelung eines allgemeinen Mindestlohns)

Wage Inequality in Germany after the Minimum Wage Introduction

The minimum wage lowered wage inequality within eastern and western Germany but also led to a convergence of the east-west wage differential. The increased ...

Minimum wage - IAB - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung

The statutory minimum wage was controversial at the time it was introduced in Germany, and the amount at which it is set has been the subject of repeated public ...

The Minimum Wage in Germany: Institutional Setting and a ...

After many years of controversial discussions in Germany (Bosch 2015), a statutory minimum wage was passed by the German parliament in July 2014 ...

Germany on the way to adequate minimum wages - Social Europe

With the new German government of social democrats, liberals and greens having concurred on an extraordinary minimum-wage increase in its ...

Reallocation Effects of the Minimum Wage - Oxford Academic

A prime example of these trends can be found in Germany. Against the backdrop of falling wages at the bottom of the wage distribution and the dwindling ...

Wage developments in the EU and the impact of Germany's ...

Moreover, wage inequalities declined in around two-third of European countries, but very especially in Germany. Results show that the German minimum wage policy ...

A 22 percent increase in the German minimum wage: nothing crazy!

The German minimum wage has been a subject of significant interest and debate since its introduction in 2015 at a nominal rate of €8.50, see ...

Are wages in Germany shrinking? : r/AskGermany - Reddit

In 2024, real wages have increased by 3.1%, bringen us back to the level of 2017. However, this is not the entire story. Minimum wage grew ...

Minimum wage features in German coalition talks – DW – 10/21/2021

Why is minimum wage controversial? ... When the minimum wage was originally implemented in Germany in 2015, many feared that higher wages would ...

German workers hail minimum wage hike, but employers worry ...

Germany's new government is planning to raise the minimum wage to €12 per hour, a change that will affect some six million workers this year ...

Germany's minimum wage has reduced wage inequality - Eurofound

Our analysis shows that the German minimum wage policy introduced in 2015 strongly lifted the wages of the lowest-paid employees.

The regional effects of Germany's national minimum wage

We show that the minimum wage introduced in Germany in 2015 led to spatial wage convergence, in particular in the left tail of the distribution, without ...

The Impact of The New German Minimum Wage | Cato at Liberty Blog

Germany introduced a new economy‐ wide minimum wage for the first time in 2015, at a relatively high rate of €8.50 ($9.67 today). This rose to €8.84 in 2017.